SURVEY: Powering big iron in your home.

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Jun 5 13:42:43 2002

--- Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> > What we did when we had VAXen in an industrial park in North Columbus
> > that only provided a 480V feed to tenants, was to go with a 2-drawer-
> > file-cabinet-sized transformer.
>
> I've seen those conversion transformers resold at surplus auctions for
> very little money (less than $100). It appears that scrap metal dealers
> want them for their metal content, but don't want to pay much.

ISTR we paid $500 for new one in 1988 - 30KVA, IIRC. I wouldn't want to
pay more than $100 for a used one today. Hopefully, I won't ever have
to worry about them.

-ethan


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